2017 Edgar Week Activities

Come celebrate the 2017 Edgar Awards at the Mysterious Bookshop, Tuesday, April 25th at 6:00pm. Join us for a thrilling evening featuring members of Mystery Writers of America, the 2017 Edgar Award nominees, bestselling authors, and publisher representatives. This is a wonderful opportunity to meet some of the best and brightest in the mystery world!

11:00 – 11:50: Just the Facts – If you’re not writing what you know, you’re writing what you want to know –
and today’s savvy reader will send you a note if you get it wrong, How do writers of fiction
and nonfiction crime approach research? When do they know they’ve researched enough?

1:00 – 1:50: Nursery Noir – Writers of mysteries for young readers may have the toughest audience of
all. How do dark stories translate for the teen and tween set? How do adult writers
get into the minds – and hearts – of kid readers?

2:00 – 2:50 Liars Club – Liars, cheats, thieves, murderers – and, sometimes, those are the protagonists.
How do writers create characters that keep readers up at night? How do they create empathy
in characters who make bad guys look pretty good?

3:00 – 3:50: #AuthorLife – There’s no one way to be a crime writer. Agent/no agent. Small press/big five.
Plotter/pantser forever. How did these authors get into the life of crime – and what advice
do they have for aspiring writers taking a stab at mystery?

The 2017 Edgar Banquet will be held on Thursday, April 27, 2017 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel (Ballroom Level). The hotel is located on East 42nd St at Grand Central Station. Cocktails will begin at 6:30 pm, dinner at 7:30 pm. The awards program will begin after dinner and will be emceed by our current president – Jeffery Deaver. Anyone may attend as long as they purchase a ticket.

We have arranged for a very discounted room rate at the Grand Hyatt Hotel of $299/per night.

In order to make a reservation at this VERY discounted rate, call 800-233-1234 or 402-592-6464 and ask for the “Mystery Writers” rate. Just one catch – you must make your reservation by April 5, 2017.

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